Photo gripe

[cobrajeff]

...as just another member here, I would like to ask that some of you lighten up a little bit on the Moderators here. These guys are not PAID to do this, they volunteered - and, typically, about all you get out of it is a bunch of complaints.

I have posted a lot of pictures on this site - I like to think that some of them have helped some of the members in their builds, or in the appreciation of the glory days of Shelby American. I figured out a long time ago, that the smaller your pictures are, the MORE pictures you can post. There have already been a couple good suggestions here for re-sizing your pictures - I use the MS Picture Resizing Powertool myself, and it works well. Yes, it was tedious and time consuming when I went back to re-input some of my older pics that were huge (and I lost views and comments). But, in the long run, it has allowed me to post an even greater variety of pictures.

Another thing to consider - when you upload a 1 or 2 meg picture to this site, you make yourself vulnerable to someone else on the internet to steal your picture and use it elsewhere (their website, bogus e-Bay auction, whatever). This has happened to me - nice historical pics I have posted here have been used by others - now, I don't mind somebody using my picture if they give me CREDIT for it, but, in most cases they don't. So I have begun using smaller pictures, and, for some of my better ones, I post a "copyright" tag across the photo somewhere.

Please be a little more courteous to the folks who have volunteered their time and energy to help keep this site one of the very best on the 'net.

regards,

Jeff Burgy

[hey,littlecobra]

I have tried to be funny and polite with my questions/complaints. I hope nobody has taken offense at my posts! (ron and brent)

ignorance is definitely the name of the game here for me.
sorry!
K
(i didn't know my pics were that big- i read all the posts on it, just didn't know)

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by patrickt

So just face it, you're not going to get an answer as to why you can't buy space, and you're not going to get an answer as to why you can't get an answer.

First off, remember where you are, you are at Club Cobra, a forum for talking Cobras and related items. This is not a photo hosting service, but instead a forum that offers it's members (both contributing and non contributing) "some" server space so that they can host "some" pictures. Now you spew forth a rant like a spoiled kid about not being able to load more oversized files to the server, come on, give the rest of us who play within the guidelines a break, same goes for the owner of the site (who does this in his spare time and does work a FULL TIME job to boot), and the moderators who try their best to make it all run smoothly (think it's easy, I moderate clubhotrod.com and can tell you it's a thankless, unpaid position where as a moderator you are damned if you do and damned if you don't).

Of course, now as a typical end user here who read all of this thread (and your posts), I'll add the following to try and get you to understand things behind the scenes here in a way that you'll be able to follow and understand, so here we go..

Seeing that you are a car guy and not a computer techie, imagine if you will that each picture is a small compact car (think Pinto or Geo Metro here), and the bandwidth (that is what space and server resources are used each time one of your pictures is loaded on a web page, or downloaded to someone elses computer screen) is a one lane road surface. Now, imagine if you will your file size (600-1,500K large) as a Tractor Trailer sized vehicle. Which do you choose to have running down that one lane road at any given time, 200 of the small size files (times 100,000 downloads), or 200 of the large size files (again times 100,000 downloads). Brent does pay for this bandwidth useage, and the larger size files do slow down the rest of the server (again think of a 20mph speed limit vs a 65mph speed limit on that one lane road) and it's resources. An even better analogy would be if you ever drove over the Cross Bronx Expressway, in which case would you rather be there during rush hour, or at 2:30am with those same vehicles coming and going (times 100,000).........

Again, do not take this post as an attack, just someone elses viewpoint and opinion...Again I hope that the above paragraph helps you understand the technical (behind the scenes) things a little more....

Here is wishing you and yours a great holiday season.

Yours In Rambling Fords,

Bill S.

[MaSnaka]

We drive our Cobras because we can pass all that slow traffic with ease. This forum has been nothing less than helpful, entertaining and educating. A big thanks to all who make it possible. I sympathize with resizing dilema too.
I believe the possitive comments attached to the pic galleries are worn like a badge of recognition. I'd hate to lose the ones I have.

John

[imagine2frolic]

Everybody CHILL....The site is a work in progress, and they are trying to make it better for everyone overall. They are not intentionally trying to make everybody suffer. Give them sometime to get things in order, and set the frustration in the backseat. Let's enjoy what we have got here.

[Jamo]

Originally Posted by ZOERA-SC7XX

Jamo:
You've got a good memory

I don't read most of the posts, so maybe It's my fault for getting caught with my pants down. A little late now, but one of my pc's has XP, so I'll look into make some of the changes. It'll take some time to resurrect my gallery in reasonable size pics, but it's a long winter. We'll see...

Ron:
You made it sound like a crime to have oversized pics? My gallery started 2 1/2 years ago. If there was any notations about photo size, I would have made changes then. I'll try, but like I said before, my galleries are to share my builds and cars with others like me who build their own cars.

No need for a good memory...the thread has sat at the top of the All Cobra Talk page since May, 2006, and it replaced a thread that sat up there for several years...again, well before you started your Gallery 2 1/2 years ago. All you had to do was read.

Ron did not make it sound like a crime...he rightfully presumed that you had read the thread like so many others had.

[Jamo]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Evidently not. Your money is no good here. No amount of money will get you out of this problem. You can't get a price quote, nor will you get an answer as to why that is. You have a better chance of getting the Kirkham brothers to fly out and cut your fiberglass body off with X-acto knives and replace it with aluminum -- at least with that you could probably get a price quote. So just face it, you're not going to get an answer as to why you can't buy space, and you're not going to get an answer as to why you can't get an answer. And heaven forbid others miss the "once a year" chance to contribute, they are then forced to wait for the opportunity to come around again next year. You'd think you could give away a contribution to CC at any time, and it would be easy to do, but that just ain't the way it is.

...or you could learn to read.

[Jamo]

Originally Posted by hey,littlecobra

I have tried to be funny and polite with my questions/complaints. I hope nobody has taken offense at my posts! (ron and brent)

ignorance is definitely the name of the game here for me.
sorry!
K
(i didn't know my pics were that big- i read all the posts on it, just didn't know)

At least you apologized to Ron...

[Jamo]

I'm closing this thread because, because there are already three sticky threads dealing with posting pictures on the All Cobra Talk thread page. All you have to do is read them.

The upshot of all this is that your problems were self-inflicted, but several of you chose to jump a moderator who was trying to explain what the problem was and to help you resolve it. Nice...real nice.

[computerworks]

Originally Posted by fasterpatrick

Yea, I got all of that but how do I get around the ten pics a day rule. and how does that work is it 24 hrs since the last one or does it start and stop at a specific time this is driving me nuts trying to get my build thread back together ten pics at a time; Patrick

As an addendum to this topic...

We are in the process right now of overriding the 10 uploads a day limitation.

You should be able to do as many as you need now.